NSS Head: expenses of Yerevan fund reached over 2bln AMD

ArmInfo. According to strictly preliminary calculations, embezzlement in the "Yerevan" fund is estimated at 1 billion 807 million AMD. On August 9, head of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan stated in an interview with journalists.

According to Vanetsyan, this is indicated by the preliminary calculations of the relevant division of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia implemented in the Yerevan Foundation.

To note, in the case of abuses in the "Yerevan" fund, whose chairman was ex-mayor Taron Margaryan, on June 14 the deputy head of the Davitashen administrative district Khachatur Karapetyan and the fund manager Ashot Khazaryan were detained. However, the court of first instance decided to release Karapetyan and Khazarian from custody. A day earlier, the NSS press center reported that the citizens of V.G. and A.Kh. there was a signal that officials of the mayor's office for granting permission to build and formalize property rights, in addition to the payments established by law, required to transfer large sums to the accounts of the "Yerevan" fund. During the preparation of the materials it was found out that under this pretext, a part of the money received by hand was not paid to the fund's account, but was appropriated. On the basis of reports of the crime, a criminal case was instituted in accordance with Part 2 of Article 308 (abuse of official powers, which resulted in grave consequences by negligence) and Article 178, part 1 (fraud committed through the use of official position). Within the framework of the criminal case, a search was conducted in the office of the Yerevan Foundation, located in the building of the mayor's office, as the head of the National Security Service Arthur Vanetsyan stated to journalists on June 18 that there were enough grounds for the court to decide on the arrest of the director of the infamous " Yerevan, "but the court made a different decision, and the National Security Service does not have the right to interfere in the work of the judicial bodies." However, Vanetsyan said, this does not mean that the work done at the Yerevan Foundation and the violations found there are forgotten. "We continue Work, and you will see a lot in the near future. e time ", - he said Vanetsyan conducted large-scale operational-search and investigative measures to establish the circumstances of defrauding money from citizens, spending, goals and establishing the legality of actions.